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interstate

[in-ter-stayt, in-ter-stayt] / ˌɪn tərˈsteɪt, ˈɪn tərˌsteɪt /


NOUN
expressway
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NOUN
toll road
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State transportation officials say two video billboard structures operated by WOW Media in partnership with the city of Inglewood are illegally located next to an interstate highway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

They’re on the interstate in Texas and can do almost everything a human truck driver does, except honk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

He deferred federal taxes on the fuel and authorised supplies designated for farm use to be used in interstate trucking.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The U.S. passed legislation in the 1950s to substantially fund and expand the interstate highway system, boosting productivity, incomes and trade, including in regions where travel had been difficult.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

When we tired of this, we’d turn on the CB and listen to the lonely banter of truckers stretched out across the interstate.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

It’s a breeze to get around, too, with access to major interstates, airports, passenger rail service, as well as water taxis and a bustling cruise ship boarding seaport.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

Or consider the fragmentary effects of America’s interstates, which throttle ecosystems and human communities alike.

From Slate ● May 25, 2024

In some areas, they needed it for up to 12 hours after the event started, inching their way back home on packed interstates and secondary roads.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

“Even interstates will come to a halt when the eclipse is imminent,” the Eclipsophile analysis said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

Lemuria Books is on the second floor of a small shopping center next to one of Jackson’s interstates.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas


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